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Jamie Cullum was born on August 20, 1979, in Wiltshire, ENGLAND, where
he began playing piano as a child; by his teenage years, Cullum had become
interested in the Jazz sounds of Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. By
the time he started to perform in Jazz pubs and at the age 19 self-released
his first album; eventually earned a degree from Reading University in
the summer of 2001 and spent a few months travelling and playing around
Europe.
His 2002 debut for the Candid Records label, "Pointless Nostalgic",
which contained the cover of Radiohead's
"High And Dry", received a great deal of airplay on British
radio stations and his star rose rapidly.
The following year, his first major label CD, "Twenty Some-Thing",
became the fastest selling Jazz album in U.K. Jazz history and also a
worldwide smash selling over 2 million copies highlighted by Jazz standards
cuts, self-penned songs and cover tracks including the superb remake of
Jimi Hendrix's "The Wind Cries Mary";
in America, the record cracked The Billboard top 200 chart peaking at
#83.
Jamie Cullum are back with his sophomore set for Verve Forecast, "Catching
Tales"; it includes the single "Get Your Way", the album
also features a collaboration with Gorillaz's
Dan 'The Automator' Nakamura.
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